Cistern-cleaner



H. G. JAREN. GISTERN CLEANER.

(No Model) Patented June 15, 1897.

HANS GUSTAVE JAREN,

PATENT Trish.

OF DAVENPORT, lOlVA.

ClSTERN-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 584,554, dated J' une15, 1897.

Application filed July 30, 1896.

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Be it known that I, HANs GUsTAi/E J Annu, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Cistern- Cleaner, of which the following'is a specification.

lVell and cistern cleaners as generally con` structed will not removelarge or bulky matter, such as bricks, buckets, pieces of timber, andother foreign matter of comparatively large proportions; and the purposeof this invention is to provide an attachment which can be applied tothe body of a well-cleaner to cooperate therewith to clean and purifythe well, cistern, reservoir, dac., when it. may be required to cleanseand purge the same of all matter which may tend to foul the water andotherwise render it unfit for drinking or domestic purposes.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacriiicing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure ot' the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying` drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of awellcleaner having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of asupplemental or auxiliary cleaner especially designed for removing bulkymatter from the well, cistern, or iluid-reservoir to be cleansed andpuri fied. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line X X of Fig. 3, lookingin the direction of the arrow.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference-characters.

The numeral l designates the main cleaner, which maybe of any desiredform or pattern and which is provided with a rod or pole 2 for loweringit into the well or part to be cleaned. The auxiliary or supplementalcleaner, which may be of any desired form according to the Serial No.601,117. (No model.)

nature of the work for which it is designed, is removably fitted to thebody of the main cleaner by means of a stem 3, which is slipped intokeepers 4, secured to a side of the body of the main cleaner. This stem3 is fiattened so as to lie close against the side of the cleaner l andis provided with openings 5 to receive pins (S or similar fasteningsemployed for positively connecting the auxiliary cleaner with the maincleaner. An offset 7 is formed in the stem adjacent to the cleaner S, soas to hold the latter in proper position to attain the best possibleresults.

'lhe auxiliary cleaner S is a blade of required width and length and iscurved to approximate the outline of the bottom of the main cleaner andis provided with an edge 9, so as to scrape the sides of the well,cistern, reservoir, the.

The cleaner S comprises a bar l0 and .a series of hooks ll, disposed atintervals in the length of the bar and secured to the latter in anyconvenient and substantial way. The purpose of this auxiliary cleaner isto remove bulky matter from the well,the hooks ll catching into the sameand removing it when elevating or drawing the cleaner from the well.

The form of cleaner just described admits of matter--such as bricks,buckets, floating pieces of timber, and boards-being removed from thewell when cleaning and purging the latter of foreign substances.

The cleaner 8 is especially designed for scrapingthe sides of a well,cistern, reservoir, the., whereas the cleaner 8 is intended for removingmatter and substances of too-great dimensions to be taken up by the mainor ordinary cleaner, the hooks thereof engaging with such matter andremoving it when withdrawing' the cleaner from the well. Thesesupplemental or auxiliary cleaners are interchangeable, being removablyattached to the body of the main cleaner by the keepers 4 and IOO iarycleaner to the outer side of the main cleaner, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The Combination With a Well and oistern cleaner, of keepers securedto a side thereof, and an auxiliary cleaner having a stem to be insertedinto the said keepers and removably Connected therewith, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

3. The Combination With a Welland oistern Gleaner, of an auxiliarycleaner to be applied thereto comprising a bar and a series of hookssecured to the bar at intervals in its length, Substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I olainl the foregoing as 15 my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HANS GUSTAVE JAREN.

lVitnesses:

M. D. FAGAN, A. W. FRENCH.

